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Armenia
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Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a sovereign state in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia. The Republic of Armenia constitutes only one-tenth of historical Armenia, Armenia is a unitary, multi-party, democratic nation-state with an ancient cultural heritage. Urartu was established in 860 BC and by the 6th century BC it was replaced by the Satrapy of Armenia, in the 1st century BC the Kingdom of Armenia reached its height under Tigranes the Great. Armenia became the first state in the world to adopt Christianity as its official religion, in between the late 3rd century to early years of the 4th century, the state became the first Christian nation. The official date of adoption of Christianity is 301 AD. The ancient Armenian kingdom was split between the Byzantine and Sasanian Empires around the early 5th century, under the Bagratuni dynasty, the Bagratid Kingdom of Armenia was restored in the 9th century. Declining due to the wars against the Byzantines, the fell in 1045. An Armenian principality and later a kingdom Cilician Armenia was located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea between the 11th and 14th centuries. By the 19th century, Eastern Armenia had been conquered by the Russian Empire, during World War I, Armenians living in their ancestral lands in the Ottoman Empire were systematically exterminated in the Armenian Genocide. By 1920, the state was incorporated into the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, in 1936, the Transcaucasian state was dissolved, transforming its constituent states, including the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic, into full Union republics. The modern Republic of Armenia became independent in 1991 during the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Republic of Armenia recognises the Armenian Apostolic Church, the worlds oldest national church, as the countrys primary religious establishment. The unique Armenian alphabet was invented by Mesrop Mashtots in 405 AD, Armenia is a member of the Eurasian Economic Union, the Council of Europe and the Collective Security Treaty Organization. Armenia supports the de facto independent Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, which was proclaimed in 1991, the native Armenian name for the country is Հայք. The name in the Middle Ages was extended to Հայաստան, by addition of the Persian suffix -stan, the further origin of the name is uncertain. It is also postulated that the name Hay comes from one of the two confederated, Hittite vassal states—the Ḫayaša-Azzi. The exonym Armenia is attested in the Old Persian Behistun Inscription as Armina, the ancient Greek terms Ἀρμενία and Ἀρμένιοι are first mentioned by Hecataeus of Miletus. Xenophon, a Greek general serving in some of the Persian expeditions, describes many aspects of Armenian village life and he relates that the people spoke a language that to his ear sounded like the language of the Persians. According to the histories of both Moses of Chorene and Michael Chamchian, Armenia derives from the name of Aram, a descendant of Hayk

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Armenian Premier League
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The Armenian Premier League is the top football competition in Armenia. From 1936 to 1991, the competition was held as a tournament within the USSR. After independence, the Football Federation of Armenia has been the unit in charge, over the years, the league has evolved into a small league consisting of only six teams. The winner of the league is awarded a spot in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League,6 teams will compete in this years 2016–17 Armenian Premier League competition. Homenetmen Yerevan is the name of Pyunik Yerevan. Tsement Ararat is the name of Araks Ararat. FIFA. com, Table RSSSF, Armenian Premier League Seasons Armenian Premier League directory

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FC Ararat Yerevan
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Football Club Ararat Yerevan, commonly known as Ararat Yerevan, is an Armenian football club based in Yerevan. Currently, they play at the Armenian Premier League, Ararat Yerevan are the most popular football club in Armenia. Since 1999, the club is owned by the Switzerland-based Armenian businessmen Vartan Sirmakes, in 1935 a football team was established in Yerevan by Spartak sports society. The first time the team participated in the competitions of the national level, the first trophy of the club was the Armenian SSR Cup in 1940. In the next 4 years soccer was not played because of World War II, in 1944 games of USSR Cup were resumed, and Spartak participated. A match was set up with their rivals, fellow FC Dinamo Tbilisi. However, the match was not played through the fault of Yerevan, in 1947 the team becomes silver medalist in the second league of the Transcaucasian region. The team finished just one point behind the ODL from Tbilisi, in this championship, Spartak, in a home match against Tbilisi Wings of the Soviets, showed the best result at the time, beating them by the score 7,1. In Season 1948 Spartak was to start in the first group, all 16 clubs have continued to participate in the league below. Spartak have spent the season in the second group, improved their performance. The team won 13 matches out of 18, however, the first place in the zonal group did not guarantee promotion. According to the regulations of the USSR Championship, the winners of zones in the league should have played each other in the final stage. At this stage,6 teams participated, games between the teams went into a circle. After 5 games Spartak has settled on the place, which ensured the club a place in the first group. In 1949 at Spartak participated for the first time in the Soviet Top League, the team performed poorly, finishing 12th. In the first two rounds the team lost, but in the 3rd round victory was recorded in a game against the Air Force. To beat the team was able representatives of the half of the table. There were 3 major defeat, the double-0–6 from Moscow Lokomotiv and CDKA, however, despite the poor performance, the club remained in the top league for next season, as the latter two dropped out of the club, ranked 17th and 18th place in the standings

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Araks Ararat FC
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Araks Ararat FC, is a defunct Armenian football club from the town of Ararat, Ararat Province. The club was founded in 1960 as FC Ararat to represent the town of Ararat, with the independence of Armenia, the Ararat Cement Factory took over FC Ararat in 1992 and the club was renamed FC Tsement Ararat. They played in the Armenian Premier League and won two titles, the first in 1998 as Tsement and the 2nd in 2000 as Araks Ararat. The following year, Tsement yielded the championship to FC Shirak by two points and ended up on the spot behind FC Ararat Yerevan. However, after successful years, the club president Abraham Babayan was unable to finance the club. Eventually, the rights were sold in August 2001 to a new sponsor based in Yerevan, Armenian Premier League Winners,1998,2000 Armenian Cup Winners,1998,1999 Armenian Super Cup Winners,1998 As of June,2010. Notes, Home results are noted in Bold

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Ararat, Armenia
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Ararat, is a town in the Ararat Province of Armenia, located 48 km southeast of Yerevan and 19 km south of the provincial centre Artashat. As of the 2011 census, the population of the town is 20,235, the cement factory of Ararat has been operating since 1927 along with few apartments to accommodate the workers. In 1930, the settlement was formed as a labour accommodation area. In 1935, it was merged with the village of Davalu and renamed Ararat in 1947. Ararat was developed as a centre and considered an urban-type settlement. However, due to its growth and the gradual increase of the population. Ararat is situated at the east of the part of modern-day Armenia, occupying the southeastern part of the Ararat plain. Historically, the current territory of the town was part of the Vostan Hayots canton of Ayrarat province of Ancient Armenia. At an approximate height of 825 meters above sea level, the town is surrounded by the villages of Avshar at the northwest, and Ararat at the west and the south. The Goravan Sands Sanctuary is located at the northeast of the town, while the mountains of Urts dominate over the town from the east, the town is generally characterized with an extremely arid climate, with low precipitation levels. Winters are cold and snowy, with degrees ranging between -15 and -30 °C. Howvere, the ecology of the town is in due to emissions of cement dust. In summer 2005, the impurity of the atmosphere was recorded to be 9.6 times the acceptable norm, the majority of the population in Ararat are ethnic Armenians who belong to the Armenian Apostolic Church. The Yerevan-based Araratian Pontifical Diocese covers the Ararat Province including the town of Ararat, here is the population timeline of Ararat since 1926, The population of Ararat are mainly Christians who belong to the Armenian Apostolic Church. The towns Holy Saviour Church is under construction since October 2012, however, there is a large presence of Jehovahs Witnesses in Ararat, as well as adherents of other religious movements. Ararat has a palace located at the central square near the town hall. The town is home to an art academy, a sports school. On 16 September 2009, the statue of sparapet Vazgen Sargsyan was erected at the town square of Ararat

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Kilikia FC
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Kilikia Football Club, is a defunct Armenian football club from the capital Yerevan. Kilikia F. C. was founded in 1992 and participated in the first ever independent Armenian championship, in 1992, they occupied the 12th spot in the table, and were allowed to play in the 1993 Armenian Premier League. At the beginning of 1993, the merged with fellow financially struggling FC Malatia. The merger lasted only for 1 year, as the team was relegated to the Armenian First League, in the beginning of 1994 the two clubs were separated and disbanded. Kilikia F. C. was revived in 1997, but did not participate in the league until year 1999, in 1999, Kilikia F. C. had replaced the financially struggling club Pyunik Yerevan in the Premier League. In 2001 Kilikia F. C. was relegated from the Armenian Premier League after refusing to pay the entrance fee. They got promoted again in 2003, and have since then finished sixth and fifth in the Premier League, the club has since been struggling to keep up with the other clubs, as it only manages to field young local players. In 2011, the management had to confirm the participation of Kilikia F. C. in the national championship of 2011. But no confirmation and payment is not made within the specified period, in January 31 FFA officially decided to exclude Kilikia from all football tournaments under the auspices of the FFA. Thus, the club ceased to exist, Armenian Cup Runner-up –2005 As of December,2008

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Stepanakert
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Stepanakert or Khankendi, originally called Vararakn, is the capital and the largest city of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, a de facto independent republic, recognized as de jure part of Azerbaijan. As of 2015, the population of Stepanakert is 55,200, Stepanakert meaning the city of Stepan is named after the Armenian Bolshevik revolutionary Stepan Shaumian. The name is formed of the words Stepan and kert meaning town, according to medieval Armenian sources, the settlement was first mentioned as Vararakn, a name that remained in use until 1847, when it was renamed Khankendi. Azerbaijani sources generally say that the settlement was founded in the eighteenth century as a private residence for khans of the Karabakh Khanate. The settlement was initially called Khanin Kendi, but then was shortened to Khankendi, after the conquest of the Karabakh Khanate by the Russian Empire the name Khankendi was charted on Russian maps. In time, Stepanakert grew to become the regions most important city and its population rose from 10,459 in 1939 to 33,000 in 1978. Several schools and two polyclinics were established, and an Armenian drama theater was founded in 1932 and named after Maxim Gorky, Stepanakert served as Nagorno-Karabakhs main economic hub, and by the mid-1980s there were nineteen production facilities in the city. The political and economic reforms that General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev had initiated in 1985 saw a marked decentralization of Soviet authority, Armenians, in both Armenia proper and Nagorno-Karabakh, viewed Gorbachevs reform program as an opportunity to unite the two together. On February 20,1988, tens of thousands of Armenians gathered to demonstrate in Stepanakerts Lenin Square to demand that the region be joined to Armenia. On the same day, the Supreme Soviet of Nagorno-Karabakh voted to join the Armenian SSR, fighting broke out over control of Nagorno-Karabakh which eventually resulted in Armenian control of the region and a connecting corridor to Armenia to the west. Prior to the conflict, Stepanakert was the largest city of the NKAO, by early 1992, that figure had dropped to 50,000. So destructive was the caused by the incessant bombardment, that a journalist for Time noted in an April 1992 article that scarcely a single building escaped damage in Stepanakert. The Azerbaijani military staged several attacks against the city, which were successfully repulsed by Armenian forces. It was not until May 9,1992, with the capture of Shusha, the city, nevertheless, continued to suffer aerial bombardment for the remainder of the war. There has been an unofficial cease-fire observed since 1994, Stepanakert has a humid subtropical climate according to the Köppen climate classification system and a semi-arid climate according to the Trewartha climate classification system. In the month of January, the temperature drops to 0.5 °C. In August, it averages around 22.6 °C, during the Soviet era, there were no traditional churches in Stepanakert, although most of the population of the city were members of the Armenian Apostolic Church. The late-19th-century church of Saint George was destroyed in the 1930s to build the Stepanakert Drama Theatre, currently, the church of Surp Hakob opened in 2007 is the only church of the city

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Yerevan
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Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia as well as one of the worlds oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural and it has been the capital since 1918, the thirteenth in the history of Armenia, and the seventh located in or around the Ararat plain. The history of Yerevan dates back to the 8th century BC, Erebuni was designed as a great administrative and religious centre, a fully royal capital. During the centuries long Iranian rule over Eastern Armenia that lasted from the early 16th century up to 1828, in 1828, it became part of Imperial Russia alongside the rest of Eastern Armenia which conquered it from Iran through the Russo-Persian War between 1826 and 1828. After World War I, Yerevan became the capital of the First Republic of Armenia as thousands of survivors of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire settled in the area, the city expanded rapidly during the 20th century as Armenia became part of the Soviet Union. As of 2011, the population of Yerevan was 1,060,138, according to the official estimate of 2016, the current population of the city is 1,073,700. Yerevan was named the 2012 World Book Capital by UNESCO, Yerevan is an associate member of Eurocities. One theory regarding the origin of Yerevans name is the city was named after the Armenian king, Yervand IV, the last leader of the Orontid Dynasty, and founder of the city of Yervandashat. However, it is likely that the name is derived from the Urartian military fortress of Erebuni. As elements of the Urartian language blended with that of the Armenian one, while looking in the direction of Yerevan, after the ark had landed on Mount Ararat and the flood waters had receded, Noah is believed to have exclaimed, Yerevats. In the late medieval and early periods, when Yerevan was under Turkic and later Persian rule. This name is widely used by Azerbaijanis. The city was known as Erivan under Russian rule during the 19th. The city was renamed back to Yerevan in 1936, up until the mid-1970s the citys name was spelled Erevan, more often than Yerevan, in English sources. The principal symbol of Yerevan is Mount Ararat, which is visible from any area in the capital, the seal of the city is a crowned lion on a pedestal with the inscription Yerevan. The lions head is turned backwards while it holds a scepter using the front leg. The symbol of eternity is on the breast of the lion with a picture of Ararat in the upper part, the emblem is a rectangular shield with a blue border. On 27 September 2004, Yerevan adopted an anthem, Erebuni-Yerevan, written by Paruyr Sevak and it was selected in a competition for a new anthem and new flag that would best represent the city

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FC Shirak
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Football Club Shirak, commonly known as Shirak, is an Armenian football club from the city of Gyumri, Shirak Province. Founded in 1958, the venue of the club is the Gyumri City Stadium. Shirak is one of the oldest football clubs in Armenia and is the team that participated in all seasons of the Armenian Premier League. They became champions of the Armenian Premier League in 1992,1994,1999 and 2012–2013 and they also won the Armenian Super Cup in 1996,1999,2003 and 2013. Since 2010, the owner of FC Shirak is the «Sovrano» LLC company headed by a businessman, the club headquarters are located on Andranik Ozanyan street 6, Gyumri. FC Shirak was founded in 1958 in the city of Gyumri in the Armenian SSR, during the 1970s, the club played under the name Olympia. They never played in the Soviet First League, the club is the second most titled team in the country, having won four championships, one cup title and four super-cups. The club had struggled financially between 2005 and 2010, in 2010, the club was taken by Arman Sahakyan, a businessman native of Gyumri and member of the Armenian Parliament. In 2012 FC Shirak won the Armenian Independence Cup for the first time in their history, the team participated in three different European cups, the Champions League, the UEFA Cup and the Intertoto Cup. In 2012–13, Shirak played in the UEFA Europa League and advanced to the round with a 2–1 aggregate victory over FK Rudar Pljevlja. The Gyumri City Stadium is the ground of Shirak since its foundation. Opened in 1924, Gyumri City Stadium is the oldest football venue in the history of Armenia. The venue was reconstructed in 1999 and turned into an all-seater stadium, the total capacity of the stadium became 2,844 seats. The stadium hosted the 2011–12 Armenian Cup final match when Shirak defeated Impulse to win the title for the first time in their history. The most active group of fans is the Black Panthers fan club, inspired by the panther of the ancient Armenian royal Bagratuni dynasty, players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. FC Shiraks reserve squad play as FC Shirak-2 in the Armenian First League and they also play their home games at the Gyumri City Stadium. As of 1 August 2015 Note, Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules, players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality

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FC Banants
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Football Club Banants, commonly known as Banants, is an Armenian professional football team from the capital Yerevan. They play in the Armenian Premier League, Banants won the Armenian Cup twice, in 1992 and 2007. In 2013–2014, Banants won the Armenian Premier League for the first time in its history, in early 2016, the owner of the club became Russia-based Armenian businessman Jevan Chaloyants, who purchased the shares of former owner Oleg Mkrtchyan. FC Banants were founded by Sarkis Israyelyan on 21 January 1992 in the village of Kotayk and he named the club after his native village of Banants, which was historically part of the Gardman canton of Utik province of Ancient Armenia. Between 1992 and 1995, the club was referred to as Banants Kotayk. During the 1992 season, the won the first Armenian Cup. At the end of the 1995 transitional season, Banants suffered a financial crisis, the club owners decided that it was better to merge the club with FC Kotayk of Abovyan, rather than disband it. In 2001, Banants demerged from FC Kotayk, and was moved from Abovyan to the capital Yerevan, Banants were relocated in Yerevan in 2001. At the beginning of 2003, Banants merged with FC Spartak Yerevan, Spartak became Banantss youth academy and later changed the name to Banants-2. Because of the merger, Banants acquired many players from Spartak Yerevan, after the merger, Banants took a more serious approach and have finished highly in the league table ever since. The club managed to lift the Armenian Cup in 2007, experience is making way for youth for the 2008 and 2009 seasons. The departures of most of the players have left the clubs future to the youth. Along with two Ukrainian players, Ugandan international, Noah Kasule, has been signed, the club headquarters are located on Jivani street 2, Yerevan. The Banants Training Centre is located in the Malatia-Sebastia District of Yerevan, the construction of the Banants Stadium was launched in 2006 in the Malatia-Sebastia District of Yerevan, with the assistance of the FIFA goal programme. It was officially opened in 2008 with a capacity of 3,600 seats, further developments were implemented later in 2011, when the playing pitch was modernized and the capacity of the stadium was increased up to 4,860 seats. As of 21 November 2016 Note, Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules, players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. FC Banants reserve squad play as FC Banants-2 in the Armenian First League and they play their home games at the Banants Training Centre. As of 21 November 2016 Note, Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules, players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. de BANANTS GOVERNMENT

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FC Pyunik
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Football Club Pyunik, commonly known as Pyunik, is an Armenian professional football club based in Yerevan. Pyunik is one of the most popular clubs in Armenia. The club headquarters are located on Masis street 7, Yerevan, the Pyunik Training Centre is located in the Kentron District of Yerevan. The owner of the club is the Armenian businessman Samvel Aleksanyan, founded in 1992 as Homenetmen Yerevan, the club won the first Armenian Premier League competition held in 1992. In 1995, Homenetmen Yerevan was renamed FC Pyunik, the new owner of the club Ruben Hayrapetyan, took serious approach to develop the team bringing star players from other Armenian clubs. Pyunik had significantly improved after the arrival of players from Mali, Cameroon, Argentina. Thus, Pyunik won the Armenian Premier League title the same year, later, for the first time in independent Armenian club history an Armenian club advanced to the second round in the Champions League. Afterwards, the won the Armenian Premier League title ten times in a row. In general, Pyunik has won a record 13 Armenian Championships, the club is among the most popular Armenian football clubs. Between 1992 and 1999, the club used the Hrazdan Stadium as a home ground, in 1999, after the renovation of the Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, the club moved here and used it regularly as a home ground until 2013. Since April 2013, FC Pyunik is using the Yerevan Football Academy Stadium as a venue for the domestic competitions. It has a capacity of 1,428 seats, Pyuniks main two rivals are Ararat and Banants, however, the rivalry with Ararat is a lot more fierce than that of Banants. Another category Banants and Pyunik compete is their youth academies, which are considered to be the two best academies in the country, FC Pyunik run their own youth training academy in Yerevan. Many of the Armenian national team players are graduates of the academy including Edgar Manucharyan, Robert Arzumanyan, Gevorg Ghazaryan, Karlen Mkrtchyan. Many of them were members of the Armenia U-19 national team who participated in final tournament of the 2005 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship, as of 21 November 2016 Note, Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality, FC Pyuniks reserve squad play as FC Pyunik-2 in the Armenian First League. Pyunik Stadium is their home ground, as of 21 November 2016 Note, Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality

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FC Arabkir
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FC Arabkir, is a defunct Armenian football club from the capital Yerevan. The club was founded in 1977 during the Soviet years as FC Kanaz Yerevan, representing the Armenian SSR Kanaker aluminum smelter, in 1995, the club was renamed FC Arabkir after the Arabkir District of Yerevan. However, Arabkir was dissolved in 1997 due to financial difficulties

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FC Kotayk
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FC Kotayk, is a defunct Armenian football club from the town of Abovyan, Kotayk Province. Founded in 1955, Kotayk was one of the oldest football clubs in Armenia, after playing several years in the Armenian SSR League as well as the Soviet First League, Kotayk made their debut in the Armenian Premier League in 1992. They participated in the European Cups for the first time in 1996–97, in the UEFA Cup Winners Cup winning 1–0 at home against AEK Larnaca from Cyprus. After losing the 2nd leg away from home with a result of 0–5, however, the club was dissolved in 2005 due to both financial and non-financial shortcomings. After playing few games in the Armenian First League, the club was forced to leave the competition due to financial difficulties, SSR Armenia League,41967,1973,1975,1976 As of July,2009. Home results are noted in bold

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FC Vagharshapat
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FC Vagharshapat, is a defunct Armenian football club from the town of Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin}, Armavir Province. The club is founded in 1967 during the Soviet period, in 1992 the team performed in the championship of Armenia in the Premier League, on the basis of which they occupied 10th place and booked a place in the highest league in the next year. In the Armenian Cup the team reached the quarterfinals and beat team Van Yerevan 0,2 and these results remain the best in the history of the teams performance in the elite league of the Armenian championship. Though poor results in subsequent seasons which was 13th and 14th sent the team in lower division in the First League, in the unofficial championship of 1995 team takes third place and bronze medals. However, through the team will come down from competing in the tournament. The revival of the club was after 6 years under the new name Vagarshapat, as a result of the season the team were awarded silver medals in small denominations, but the 2nd place does not allow raising. Subsequent seasons were repeated from previous years, in the 2004 season – 4th place in the season 2005 – 8th place. Unfortunately it was 2005 will be the last in a period of revival of the team. After the end of the championship the club was disbanded, roy Hogdson Samvel Ayvazian Arkady Andriasyan Ashot Martirosyan Rudik Avanesyan Gevond Pogosyan Vagarshapat at www. weltfussballarchiv. com Vagarshapat at foot. dk RSSSF Armenia

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FC Lernagorts Kapan
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FC Lernagorts Kapan, is a defunct Armenian football club from Kapan, Syunik Province. Lernagorts Kapan was founded in 1963 during the Soviet period, after the independence of Armenia, the club participated in the first Armenian football competition after the split-up from the Soviet Union under the name Syunik Kapan. After the regular competition, they qualified for the championship stage, however, they withdrew before the start of the season. Since then they have been up and down between the two divisions of the Armenian football league system, in 2004, Lernagorts Kapan attempted to merge with Ararat Yerevan, but the merger failed. However, they played under the name Lernagorts-Ararat Kapan during the 2005 Armenian Premier League season, in 2006, the club withdrew from the Armenian Premier League competition. Since then, the club has been inactive from professional football

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1993 in Armenian football
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1993 in Armenian football was the second season of independent football after the split-up from the Soviet Union. Professional football existed of two divisions, the Armenian Premier League and the Armenian First League, out of the 16 Premier League teams, three would relegate, while the two First League group winners along with the better runner-up would promote for the 1994 season. FC Ararat were promoted and changed their name to Tsement Ararat, before the start of the season Syunik Kapan withdrew from competition. Kilikia F. C. merged with FC Malatia to form Malatia-Kilikia Yerevan, shengavit F. C. disbanded and yielded their spot to Yerazank FC. Yerazank, originally from Stepanakert, changed its location to Yerevan because of the war in Nagorno-Karabakh. Before the start of the season Debed FC, FC Nig Aparan, FC Geghard, FC Sipan, FC Malatia merged with Kilikia F. C. to form Malatia-Kilikia Yerevan. Zoravan Yeghvard changed their name to FC Yeghvard, urmia Masis changed their name to Masis FC. FC Vanadzor changed their name to Avtogen Vanadzor, kaen Ijevan Changed their name to SKA Injevan. FC Moush Charentsavan, SKA Ijevan, FC Almast and RUOR Yerevan were disqualified at the end of the season, however, their existing records are not available. Pld = Matches played, W = Matches won, D = Matches drawn, L = Matches lost, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, GD = Goal difference, Pts = Points RSSSF, Armenia 1993

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2008 Armenian Premier League
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The 2008 Armenian Premier League season was the seventeenth since its establishment. It started on 6 April 2008, while the last matches were played on 15 November 2008, Pyunik FC were the defending champions. The Yerevan side won their seventh league title the previous season. FC Dinamo Yerevan were supposed to be the team to get promoted, but they withdrew from the Premier League, the league was played in four stages. The teams played each other four times, twice at home, the champions would have been the team with the most points after round 28. However, since Pyunik and Ararat Yerevan were tied on points at the end of the season, = Champion, = Relegated, = Promoted, = Eliminated, = Play-off winner, = Advances to a further round. Because Ararat and Pyunik were tied on points after the regular season, they played out the championship in a decision game

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2009 Armenian Premier League
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The 2009 Armenian Premier League season was the eighteenth since its establishment. The season began on 21 March 2009 and ended on 7 November 2009, FC Pyunik were the defending champions. There were no teams promoted from the season of the First League. Therefore, Kilikia F. C. play another season in the top league, only 8 teams were allowed to play in the 2009 Armenian Premier League. The league was played in four stages, teams played each other four times, twice at home and twice away. FC Pyunik gained maximum points after round 28 and were crowned champions, winning their ninth consecutive title, ararat Yerevan were relegated to Armenian First League. Source, ffa. am Rules for classification, 1) points, 2) goal difference, 3) number of goals scored = Champion, = Relegated, = Promoted, = Eliminated, = Play-off winner, = Advances to a further round. Last updated, November 7,2009, Source, ffa. am soccerway. com uefa. com rsssf. com

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2010 Armenian Premier League
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The 2010 Armenian Premier League season was the nineteenth since its establishment. The season began in March 2010 and ended in November 2010, FC Pyunik were the defending champions, having won their twelfth championship last season. Ararat Yerevan finished in last place last season and were relegated to the Armenian First League, taking their place this year is Impulse Dilijan, who finished first in the 2009 Armenian First League. = Champion, = Relegated, = Promoted, = Eliminated, = Play-off winner, the league was played in four stages. The teams have played four times with other, twice at home and twice away. Including matches played on November 14,2010, Source, ffa. am 2010 Armenian First League 2010 Armenian Cup ffa. am soccerway. com uefa. com rsssf. com

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2011 Armenian Premier League
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The 2011 Armenian Premier League season was the twentieth since its establishment. The season began in March 2011 and ended in November 2011, FC Pyunik were the defending champions, having won their thirteenth championship last season, their tenth in a row. Despite the fact that Shirak finished last season in eighth and last place, however, Kilikia decided not to participate in this years Armenian Premier League competition, citing financial difficulties as a reason. Kilikia F. C. was replaced by 2010 Armenian First League champions Ararat Yerevan, source, Rules for classification, 1) points, 2) goal difference, 3) number of goals scored1Winners of 2011–12 Armenian Cup qualified for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League. = Champion, = Relegated, = Promoted, = Eliminated, = Play-off winner, the league will be played in four stages. The teams will play four times with other, twice at home and twice away. Source, ffa. am 2011 Armenian First League 2011 Armenian Cup ffa. am soccerway. com uefa. com rsssf. com

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Football in Armenia
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Football is the most popular sport in Armenia. As of August 2014, the Armenian national football team is 36th in FIFA World Rankings, since gaining independence in 1991, Armenia has had its own national association that takes part in all FIFA competitions. FC Ararat Yerevan were one of the teams in the top league in the Soviet Union. A number of Armenian players played for the USSR national team, including Khoren Oganesian at the 1982 FIFA World Cup and Eduard Markarov in the 1960s. Markarov later became assistant coach of the Soviet Unions youth team, and was part of the staff at the FIFA World Youth Championship in Portugal in 1991. In the early 20th century, the first Armenian football clubs were founded in Constantinople, Smyrna, the first game between Armenian and Turkish teams was recorded in 1906. Armenian club called Balta-Liman met with Galatasaray, later, Balta-Liman was dissolved and two new clubs were founded, Araks and Tork. After the break-out of World War I and the Genocide of the Armenians was ordered, oldest records of football teams in Soviet Armenia goes back to 1926-1927, when the Trans-Caucasian Championship was organized in Tbilisi. Three South Caucasian countries participated, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, the first professional club in Armenia was established in 1935 as Spartak and was later renamed Ararat. FC Ararat Yerevan is notable for its wins in the Soviet Championship, FC Ararat also reached the quarter-finals of the 1974–75 European Cup, losing to the eventual champions, Franz Beckenbauers FC Bayern Munich. The first stadium in Armenia was named Spartak as well, built in the late 1920s in front of what is now the Yerevan Circus, in 1958, FC Shirak was founded in Gyumri, and played in the Soviet First League until Armenias independence in 1991. Football became the most popular sport in independent Armenia, Armenia became an independent state in 1991, the Armenian SSR having previously played for the Soviet Union national football team. The Football Federation of Armenia was founded on 18 January 1992 and established relations with FIFA in 1992, the history of the Armenia national team began on 14 October 1992, when Armenia played its first match against Moldova. That meeting ended in a goalless draw, since 1996, the team is a member of qualifiers European and World Championships. Armenia has competed in every UEFA Euro qualification and FIFA World Cup qualification since 1994, however, the lack of financial resources forced many clubs in Yerevan and other provinces to retire from professional football. As of 2016, only 5 clubs from Yerevan,1 from Gyumri,1 from Kapan and 1 from Abovyan are practicing professional football, many new football stadiums were built in Armenia during the 1st decade of the 21st century. However, many of the Soviet-era stadiums are still in bad conditions, most of the professional clubs either possess their own stadium or football training academy. Banants Training Centre owned by FC Banants, located in Malatia-Sebastia District, Dzoraghbyur Training Centre owned by FC Ararat Yerevan, located in Dzoraghbyur village, Kotayk Province, is home to 3 natural-grass and 1 artificial turf regular-sized pitches

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Football Federation of Armenia
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The Football Federation of Armenia is the governing body of association football in Armenia. It organizes the Armenian Premier League, the Armenian First League, the Armenian Independence Cup and it is also responsible for appointing the management of the Armenian national football team, and the Armenia womens national football team. The Armenian national futsal team also belongs to the federation, the FFA was awarded a synthetic football turf pitch by FIFA through its GOAL programme. Armenias football history began officially in the 1990s but its traditions stretch back further, the collapse of the USSR and Armenias declaration of independence in 1991 were significant moments in the countrys sporting life as well as in its political history. From a footballing perspective those events prompted the founding, on 18 January 1992, the FFA duly became a member of the games world and European governing bodies, FIFA and UEFA, in 1992. The national team made their debut in qualification for the 1996 UEFA European Championship. Armenia kicked off with a 2-0 defeat in Belgium on 7 September 1994 yet also made history in that EURO96 campaign, the team recorded their first competitive victory when they won 2-1 against FYR Macedonia on 6 September 1995. On an infrastructure level, work began in 2007 on a training center. The center’s opening is scheduled for September 2010, the Yerevan Republican Stadium has also been partly redeveloped, with one particular benefit of this initiative being its impressive new playing surface. While Armenia has always considered itself a country, the aim of the FFA is to earn greater international recognition for the local game on both club and national-team fronts. For this reason it is striving for higher standards. Nikolay Ghazaryan Armen Sargsyan Suren Abrahamyan Ruben Hayrapetyan Football Federation of Armenia Armenia at FIFA site Armenia at UEFA site

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Armenia national football team
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The Armenia national football team represents Armenia in association football and is controlled by the Football Federation of Armenia, the governing body for football in Armenia. After gaining independence from the Soviet Union, the team played its first international match on October 12,1992, Armenias home ground is the Republican Stadium in Yerevan and their head coach is Artur Petrosyan. Armenia became an independent state in 1991, the Armenian SSR having previously played for the Soviet Union national football team, the Football Federation of Armenia was founded on 18 January 1992 and established relations with FIFA in 1992 and with UEFA in 1993. The history of the Armenia national team began on 14 October 1992 and that meeting ended in a goalless draw. Since 1996, the team is a member of qualifiers European, Armenia has competed in every UEFA Euro qualification and FIFA World Cup qualification since 1994. The first head coach of the Armenian national squad was Soviet Armenian football star Eduard Markarov, Armenian winner of the UEFA Jubilee Awards and fellow Soviet Armenian football great Khoren Hovhannisyan also became a head coach. Many of the coaches of the national team never stayed for longer than two years. Scottish coach Ian Porterfield became head coach in 2006 and began to lead the team to some of its first successes in the international stage. Under his leadership, the Armenian team had played a series of matches with victories over Kazakhstan 2–1, Poland 1–0 and Portugal 1–1. But then tragedy struck, the 62-year-old Porterfield died of cancer, an acting assistant coach, Vardan Minasyan, became acting head coach following Porterfields death. Minasyan learned much from Porterfield and Samvel Darbinyan, another head coach of Armenia. In the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches, Minasyan led Armenia in Group B against Russia, Slovakia, Ireland, Macedonia, the Armenian team scored the most goals out of Group B, with a total of 22. Henrikh Mkhitaryan of Armenia scored 6 goals, the most goals scored by a player in Group B. The national team almost made the draw, but controversially lost in a decisive match against Ireland 1–2. Armenian goalkeeper Roman Berezovsky was given a red card by Spanish referee Eduardo Gonzalez at the 26th-minute for supposedly touching the ball outside the goal area, however, replays clearly showed the ball touched his chest and never touched his hands. Replays also showed that Ireland striker Simon Cox had actually touched the ball with his right hand, despite this, Gonzalez did not penalize Cox. Cox would later admit he touched the ball with his hand, had Cox’s offence been punished, Armenia would have been awarded a free-kick. Berezovsky was substituted with 19-year-old debuting Arsen Petrosyan, valeri Aleksanyan later accidentally scored an own goal on Petrosyan, which ended up deciding the match

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Armenia women's national football team
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The Armenia womens national football team is the national football team of Armenia and is controlled by the Football Federation of Armenia. After the split of the Soviet Union, the team played its first international match and they play their home games at the Mika Stadium in Yerevan. The teams first match was on May 10,2003 against Austria which they lost 11-0, the team has not qualified for a World Cup or a Womens Euro yet. They havent played any international matches since 2012, Armenia played its first match in Waidhofen against Austria, losing 11-0. Three days later they lost again 11-0, against Austria again, after these two matches, they played four matches against Slovakia and Greece. Armenia withdrew from the 2007 World Cup qualification before playing any matches, later, they played international friendlies in 2007-2009, playing the World Cup qualifiers in November 2009-August 2010, finishing last with only a goal,42 conceded and all eight matches lost. Their last competition was the 2013 Womens Euro qualifiers and they have not entered the 2015 FIFA Womens World Cup qualification. *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks

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Armenia national under-21 football team
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The Armenia national under-21 football team is the youth football team of Armenia. The team is based mostly on the players from the league. The team played its first match in 1994, Armenia having until 1992 been part of the USSR,1978 -1991, part of USSR1992 -1994, did not participate 1996, 6th of 6 in qualification group. 1998, 5th of 5 in qualification group,2000, 5th of 5 in qualification group. 2002, 5th of 6 in qualification group,2004, 5th of 5 in qualification group. 2006, 6th of 6 in qualification group,2007, 2nd of 3 in qualification group. 2009, 4th of 5 in qualification group,2011, 4th of 6 in qualification group. 2013, 2nd of 5 in qualification group,2015, 4th of 5 in qualification group. 2017, 6th of 6 in qualification group, caps and goals correct as of March 29,2016 after the match against Denmark. Armenia national football team Armenia national under-19 football team Armenia national under-17 football team Uefa Under-21 website Contains fixtures and results

Armenia
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Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a sovereign state in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia. The Republic of Armenia constitutes only one-tenth of historical Armenia, Armenia is a unitary, multi-party, democratic nation-state with an ancient cultural heritage. Urartu was established in 860 BC and by the 6th century BC it was replaced

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Reconstruction of Herodotus ' world map c. 450 BC, with Armenia shown in the center

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Flag

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The Armenian pagan Temple of Garni, probably built 1st century AD, is the only "Greco-Roman colonnaded building" in Armenia and the entire former Soviet Union.

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The Etchmiadzin Cathedral, Armenia's Mother Church traditionally dated 303 AD, is considered the oldest cathedral in the world.

Armenian Premier League
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The Armenian Premier League is the top football competition in Armenia. From 1936 to 1991, the competition was held as a tournament within the USSR. After independence, the Football Federation of Armenia has been the unit in charge, over the years, the league has evolved into a small league consisting of only six teams. The winner of the league is

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Armenian Premier League

FC Ararat Yerevan
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Football Club Ararat Yerevan, commonly known as Ararat Yerevan, is an Armenian football club based in Yerevan. Currently, they play at the Armenian Premier League, Ararat Yerevan are the most popular football club in Armenia. Since 1999, the club is owned by the Switzerland-based Armenian businessmen Vartan Sirmakes, in 1935 a football team was est

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Hrazdan Stadium, the home ground of Ararat Yerevan between 1971 and 2015

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Ararat Yerevan

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Dzoraghbyur Training Centre

Araks Ararat FC
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Araks Ararat FC, is a defunct Armenian football club from the town of Ararat, Ararat Province. The club was founded in 1960 as FC Ararat to represent the town of Ararat, with the independence of Armenia, the Ararat Cement Factory took over FC Ararat in 1992 and the club was renamed FC Tsement Ararat. They played in the Armenian Premier League and w

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Araks Ararat FC

Ararat, Armenia
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Ararat, is a town in the Ararat Province of Armenia, located 48 km southeast of Yerevan and 19 km south of the provincial centre Artashat. As of the 2011 census, the population of the town is 20,235, the cement factory of Ararat has been operating since 1927 along with few apartments to accommodate the workers. In 1930, the settlement was formed as

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World War II memorial in Ararat

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A general view of the massive toxic tailing dump of the Ararat gold processing facility

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Tailing dump with the town of Ararat in the background

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The statue of Vazgen Sargsyan at the central town square

Kilikia FC
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Kilikia Football Club, is a defunct Armenian football club from the capital Yerevan. Kilikia F. C. was founded in 1992 and participated in the first ever independent Armenian championship, in 1992, they occupied the 12th spot in the table, and were allowed to play in the 1993 Armenian Premier League. At the beginning of 1993, the merged with fellow

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Kilikia

Stepanakert
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Stepanakert or Khankendi, originally called Vararakn, is the capital and the largest city of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, a de facto independent republic, recognized as de jure part of Azerbaijan. As of 2015, the population of Stepanakert is 55,200, Stepanakert meaning the city of Stepan is named after the Armenian Bolshevik revolutionary Stepan

Yerevan
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Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia as well as one of the worlds oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural and it has been the capital since 1918, the thirteenth in the history of Armenia, and the seventh located in or around the Ararat plain. The history of Yereva

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The "birth certificate" of Yerevan in Erebuni Fortress - a cuneiform inscription left by King Argishti I of Urartu on a basalt stone slab about the foundation of the city in 782 BC

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Mount Ararat – symbol of the Armenian nation and Yerevan – overlooking the city

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Erebuni Fortress built by King Argishti I in 782 BC

FC Shirak
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Football Club Shirak, commonly known as Shirak, is an Armenian football club from the city of Gyumri, Shirak Province. Founded in 1958, the venue of the club is the Gyumri City Stadium. Shirak is one of the oldest football clubs in Armenia and is the team that participated in all seasons of the Armenian Premier League. They became champions of the

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Gyumri City Stadium

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Shirak

FC Banants
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Football Club Banants, commonly known as Banants, is an Armenian professional football team from the capital Yerevan. They play in the Armenian Premier League, Banants won the Armenian Cup twice, in 1992 and 2007. In 2013–2014, Banants won the Armenian Premier League for the first time in its history, in early 2016, the owner of the club became Rus

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Banants Stadium

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Banants

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Banants Training Centre in Yerevan

FC Pyunik
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Football Club Pyunik, commonly known as Pyunik, is an Armenian professional football club based in Yerevan. Pyunik is one of the most popular clubs in Armenia. The club headquarters are located on Masis street 7, Yerevan, the Pyunik Training Centre is located in the Kentron District of Yerevan. The owner of the club is the Armenian businessman Samv

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Panoramic view of the Football Academy Stadium

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Pyunik

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Pyunik Stadium

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Pyunik Training Centre in Yerevan

FC Arabkir
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FC Arabkir, is a defunct Armenian football club from the capital Yerevan. The club was founded in 1977 during the Soviet years as FC Kanaz Yerevan, representing the Armenian SSR Kanaker aluminum smelter, in 1995, the club was renamed FC Arabkir after the Arabkir District of Yerevan. However, Arabkir was dissolved in 1997 due to financial difficulti

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FC Arabkir

FC Kotayk
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FC Kotayk, is a defunct Armenian football club from the town of Abovyan, Kotayk Province. Founded in 1955, Kotayk was one of the oldest football clubs in Armenia, after playing several years in the Armenian SSR League as well as the Soviet First League, Kotayk made their debut in the Armenian Premier League in 1992. They participated in the Europea

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FC Kotayk

FC Vagharshapat
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FC Vagharshapat, is a defunct Armenian football club from the town of Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin}, Armavir Province. The club is founded in 1967 during the Soviet period, in 1992 the team performed in the championship of Armenia in the Premier League, on the basis of which they occupied 10th place and booked a place in the highest league in the next

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Places of worship

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Vagharshapat

FC Lernagorts Kapan
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FC Lernagorts Kapan, is a defunct Armenian football club from Kapan, Syunik Province. Lernagorts Kapan was founded in 1963 during the Soviet period, after the independence of Armenia, the club participated in the first Armenian football competition after the split-up from the Soviet Union under the name Syunik Kapan. After the regular competition,

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Winner (1) – 1963

1993 in Armenian football
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1993 in Armenian football was the second season of independent football after the split-up from the Soviet Union. Professional football existed of two divisions, the Armenian Premier League and the Armenian First League, out of the 16 Premier League teams, three would relegate, while the two First League group winners along with the better runner-u

2008 Armenian Premier League
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The 2008 Armenian Premier League season was the seventeenth since its establishment. It started on 6 April 2008, while the last matches were played on 15 November 2008, Pyunik FC were the defending champions. The Yerevan side won their seventh league title the previous season. FC Dinamo Yerevan were supposed to be the team to get promoted, but they

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Armenian Premier League

2009 Armenian Premier League
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The 2009 Armenian Premier League season was the eighteenth since its establishment. The season began on 21 March 2009 and ended on 7 November 2009, FC Pyunik were the defending champions. There were no teams promoted from the season of the First League. Therefore, Kilikia F. C. play another season in the top league, only 8 teams were allowed to pla

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Armenian Premier League

2010 Armenian Premier League
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The 2010 Armenian Premier League season was the nineteenth since its establishment. The season began in March 2010 and ended in November 2010, FC Pyunik were the defending champions, having won their twelfth championship last season. Ararat Yerevan finished in last place last season and were relegated to the Armenian First League, taking their plac

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Armenian Premier League

2011 Armenian Premier League
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The 2011 Armenian Premier League season was the twentieth since its establishment. The season began in March 2011 and ended in November 2011, FC Pyunik were the defending champions, having won their thirteenth championship last season, their tenth in a row. Despite the fact that Shirak finished last season in eighth and last place, however, Kilikia

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Armenian Premier League

Football in Armenia
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Football is the most popular sport in Armenia. As of August 2014, the Armenian national football team is 36th in FIFA World Rankings, since gaining independence in 1991, Armenia has had its own national association that takes part in all FIFA competitions. FC Ararat Yerevan were one of the teams in the top league in the Soviet Union. A number of Ar

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Araks Football Club, Constantinople, 1910s.

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October 11, 2011, Ireland vs. Armenia, Aviva Stadium, Dublin

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Zepyur Football Training Camp in Kotayk Province

Football Federation of Armenia
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The Football Federation of Armenia is the governing body of association football in Armenia. It organizes the Armenian Premier League, the Armenian First League, the Armenian Independence Cup and it is also responsible for appointing the management of the Armenian national football team, and the Armenia womens national football team. The Armenian n

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Asia

Armenia national football team
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The Armenia national football team represents Armenia in association football and is controlled by the Football Federation of Armenia, the governing body for football in Armenia. After gaining independence from the Soviet Union, the team played its first international match on October 12,1992, Armenias home ground is the Republican Stadium in Yerev

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Vardan Minasyan held the position from 2009 to 2014, the longest period of time.

Armenia women's national football team
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The Armenia womens national football team is the national football team of Armenia and is controlled by the Football Federation of Armenia. After the split of the Soviet Union, the team played its first international match and they play their home games at the Mika Stadium in Yerevan. The teams first match was on May 10,2003 against Austria which t

Armenia national under-21 football team
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The Armenia national under-21 football team is the youth football team of Armenia. The team is based mostly on the players from the league. The team played its first match in 1994, Armenia having until 1992 been part of the USSR,1978 -1991, part of USSR1992 -1994, did not participate 1996, 6th of 6 in qualification group. 1998, 5th of 5 in qualific